Chinola is made from almost nothing but fruit: fresh Dominican passion fruit, cane sugar and neutral cane spirit, with no artificial color or flavor. The company started in 2014 with roots on the Samaná Peninsula and still makes the liqueur in the Dominican Republic. It is bottled at 21%.
It pours cloudy orange, like juice, and smells of ripe passion fruit and apricot. The texture is thick, close to peach nectar, and real tartness keeps the sweetness in check, with a faint hint of ginger at the end.
If a passion fruit drink is on the menu, this is the bottle to buy. It does the work of fresh pulp without the cutting and scooping, and it tastes like the fruit rather than candy.
The producer pours it in a Passion Fruit Margarita, a Daiquiri and a Pornstar Martini. For the Daiquiri, pair it with a light rum; for the Pornstar, a vanilla vodka.
More tropical bottles are on our liqueurs and cordials page. Pick it up at our Brooklyn store or get same-day delivery across NYC.
Chinola is made from almost nothing but fruit: fresh Dominican passion fruit, cane sugar and neutral cane spirit, with no artificial color or flavor. The company started in 2014 with roots on the Samaná Peninsula and still makes the liqueur in the Dominican Republic. It is bottled at 21%.
It pours cloudy orange, like juice, and smells of ripe passion fruit and apricot. The texture is thick, close to peach nectar, and real tartness keeps the sweetness in check, with a faint hint of ginger at the end.
If a passion fruit drink is on the menu, this is the bottle to buy. It does the work of fresh pulp without the cutting and scooping, and it tastes like the fruit rather than candy.
The producer pours it in a Passion Fruit Margarita, a Daiquiri and a Pornstar Martini. For the Daiquiri, pair it with a light rum; for the Pornstar, a vanilla vodka.
More tropical bottles are on our liqueurs and cordials page. Pick it up at our Brooklyn store or get same-day delivery across NYC.
